Apparatus for laying electric conductors.



PATENTED MAR. 13,]1906.

s. PQHATFIELD. I I

APPARATUS FOR LAYINGIELEOTRIC GONDUGTORS.

APPLICATION rum MAR LIByIQOfL V No'l 315,163.

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. FIELD, azcitizen'of'theUnited' States, and a resident of the city of New;-York, Rockaway Be it :known that I, SAMUEL PRoA Beach, borough of Queens, -in,.the county of Queens and State of New York, have invent ed anew and Improved'Apparatus for Laying and Burying Electric Conductors on, Land. and under Water, of. which the follow- 'ing is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention isto provideaj newand improved a paratus for laying. and,

burying electric con uctors onland and under water n avery simple and COIIIPSIELtIVGlY inexpensive manner to prevent the -'conduc I tors from be ng fouled by the anchors of ma-. rlne vessels and to prevent the conductors from being easily detected or grappled'and cut in time of war.v f

The/invention consists of novel features and parts andcoinbinationsof the same, as will be more fully described. hereinafter and a then pointed out inthe'claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanylngdrawmgs, forming a partofthis speclficatlon, 1n

'. which similar'characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views 7 Flgu're 1 is a side elevation of. the improvement in position for laying and burying'an electric cable in the bed of a waterway. Fig' 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the'improvement on the .line 2 ZofFig. 1, and Fig.

3 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. I

' n1 laying "andv burying a cable A, for instance, .in the bed B of a waterway B, I pre-. fer to make use of a marinevessel 0, connected from its stern by a hawser or like con-I nection D with a clevis E onthe front end of the plow-beam F of a plow somewhat in the form of-a subsoil-plow, 'asillustrated inthe' drawings.- The plow is provided with ;a

a standard G, preferably made V shape in cross-section, and a plowshare H, 'similarin shape, sothat on drawingthe plow forward a self closing furrow is made, the depth of which is regulatedby a gage-plate I, preferably-attached to the under side of'the plowbeam F and somewhat curved upwardly and forwardly at the front end, so as to cause the plow to readily ride on the surface of the ground and to conform to the undulations thereof. I

The cable A, as shown in Fig; 1, unwinds .froma spool J, held onboard the vessel C,

j I I I Specification of LettersiPa tentr I v' -I a Application filed mach 18,1904. SerialNo. 198,868;

Patented March 13,1966.

i and extends over a drum K, journaled on the plow-beam F, the cable then passing downward through the "space between the side flanges'of the V-shaped standard G to. finally ass around a' guide L in the'shape of a roller ournaled between the. side members of the share (see Fig. 3) and serving to direct the cla- I bleinto the lower or bottom portion of furrow madeby the share. It is evident that when the vessel G is started the plow is dragged along on the bed B of.

furrow, and asone end'of the cable A is held on land-it is evident that the cable is readily paid out into the self-closing furrow and 'is thus covered up a suitable distance below the the waterway, so that the share H makes a surface ofthe bed B to prevent the cable from being' fouled by dragging anchors and alsoto prevent the cable from being easily detected or grappled and cut in time of war.

Other suitable means ma be-employed to drag the plow over the be of the waterway, as a Windlass stationed on shore, for'i'nstance.

For laying and burying the cable onland the plow may be pulled along by teams,

power-vehicles, or othermeans; but in this 7 case the plow is guided by an operator having hold of handles N, attached to the plow, especially in hard ground or wellpacked sand, it may prove beneficial to use a jet ofwater injected into thefground at the "plow-point, and for this purpose a hose may be employed, extending from a pump on the vessel-C'to the plow and along the rear of the standard to a port or channel a, formed.

in the plow point andleading to the front thereof, Now, when the pump is working a jet of water. is forced by way of the hose 0 and port a'into the sand or groundaheadof the plow-point to loosen the material, and

thus insure an easy working of the plow.

Having thus described invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent j -X 1.. An apparatus for laying and burying electric conductors under ground, comprlslng a plow arranged for forming a self-closing furrow,-a gage projecting on opposite sidesof' the plow-beam and extending approximately i the conductor into the lower: pordirect tion of l'ie furrow, as set forth.

2. An .ap aratus for laying and burying electric con uctors under ground, cornprismg a plow arranged for forming a self-closmg furrow, a gage secured to the plow-beam and extending on opposite sides of the same, the

IO conductor into the. lower between the shares of the fzo set forth.

a e ha an u wardl -,curved forward find, and dl gns on the plo w for directing the ortion of the furrow, between the shares the plow.

. 3. Map aratus for laying and burying electric-con uctors under ground, compris' a plow arranged for forming a self-closing fur row a drum on theplow-beam, and means on the plow for directing the conductor from the drum into the lower portion of the furrow, low and in the rear of the standard of the'p ow, asset forth. 4. An ap aratus for laying and burying electric condhctors under ground, consist' of .a plow havin a gage-plate between the plowearn and t e share, a drum journaled on the plow-beam, and a guide on the share, for directing the conductor into the lower portion of the furrow made by plate on the I and the share.

the plow, as

In an a paratus for laying and burym electric OOIId I IOtOIS, the combination with E 0 re ellmg' vessel, of a plow having a port ea out through the front of its point, a

flexible connection between the plow and the vessel to drag the plow 'alon means for directing the conductor from t e vessel to the 'plow and into the furrow made by the plow, and a hose leading from a forced water-supply on the vessel to the rear of the lowstandard and connected with the port 1n the plowoint.

6. an a paratusfor laying and burying electric con uctors, the combination with a propelling vessel, of a plow, a flexible connection between the plow and the vessel to drag the plow alo means'for directing the conductor from i he 'vessel to the plow and into the furrow made by the plow, and a. ageplow between the plowearn In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two. subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL PROAL HATFIELD. Witnesses WILLIAM J TATE, A. C. VANn'ERPooL- 

